Young Thug

Earlier this week, Gunna was released from custody after entering an Alford plea in the widely criticized case. Thug, however, remains behind bars.

[accusations](https://www.complex.com/music/young-thug-gunna-rico-charges-explained/thug-accused) that have been leveled against Thug are conspiracy to violate the RICO Act and participation in criminal street gang activity. “I have chosen to end my own RICO case with an Alford plea and end my personal ordeal by publicly acknowledging my association with YSL,” Gunna said. In a statement shared with Complex via counsel, Gunna noted that he still maintained his innocence in the case. In the meantime, Complex has reached out to Steel’s office for further comment. Among the Presumably, additional information regarding the hearing will be released shortly.

Grammy award-winning rapper Young Thug appeared in a Fulton County courtroom for a scheduled pre-trial motions hearing Thursday morning, but the judge was ...

Kitchens, who is represented by high-profile attorney Steve Sadow, entered the plea in his own best interest. His court appearance comes in the same week that two of the co-defendants found a way to avoid trial. Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, has been in jail without bond since May.

Atlanta's Fulton County grand jury also charged some individuals with violent crimes that include attempted armed robbery and murder. Both Young Thug and Gunna ...

[circulated](https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/young-thug-jail-hot-97-summer-jam.html#:~:text=Being%20behind%20bars%20hasn't,Petition%20to%20Protect%20Black%20Art.) the Petition to Protect Black Art, asking both federal and state legislators to adopt bills that limit the admissibility of rap lyrics as evidence in a court of law. “I have some legal advice: Don’t confess to crimes on rap lyrics if you don’t want them used, or at least get out of my county.” While Willis has vowed to continue to use lyrics as evidence, legislators on both the [state](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/california-bill-banning-rap-lyrics-as-evidence-heads-to-governor-1234579851/) and [federal](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/arts/music/california-rap-lyrics-bill-young-thug.html) levels have introduced bills to limit their use. If there’s violence, it’s interpersonal — not organized.” He was troubled by the use of the RICO law, which, in his words, is a “thing created for the Mafia now being used to indict young Black males who are flirting with the culture and the music, but who are not involved with any criminal enterprise.” He continued, “Once they hit you with this RICO thing, you’re finished. [Boosie](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lil-boosies-rap-lyrics-can-be-used-in-murder-trial-490631/), [Bobby Shmurda](https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/bobby-shmurda-court-case.html), [Drakeo the Ruler](https://www.vulture.com/article/drakeo-the-ruler-obituary.html), and [6ix9ine](https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/tekashi-69-snitching-explained-what-happens-next.html)’s lyrics have all been deployed in court as evidence against them. “While I have agreed to always be truthful, I want to make it perfectly clear that I have NOT made any statements, have NOT been interviewed, have NOT cooperated, have NOT agreed to testify or be a witness for or against any party in the case and have absolutely NO intention of being involved in the trial process in any way,” Gunna told WSB and The distributor behind Young Stoner Life Records has lent their support to Gunna and Thug in a myriad of ways. As a term of the deal, the rapper must take the stand if summoned to court and called to testify, though he has the option of pleading the Fifth. District Attorney Wills previously filed a motion on August 15 asking the judge to order defense attorneys to avoid sharing discovery materials, including “the names of all lay witnesses (and) cooperating YSL associates that will be called to testify in this case,” with anyone outside their legal teams. If you come to Fulton County, Georgia, you commit crimes, and certainly if those crimes are in furtherance of a street gang, then you are going to become a target and a focus of this district attorney’s office, and we are going to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Willis said in a May 10 The rapper pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy in what is known as an Alford plea — a deal that allows him to plead guilty if it’s in his interest while maintaining his innocence. The document asks both federal and state legislators to adopt bills that limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in a court of law. Not only has the case arrived under the specter of a [60 percent rise in violent crime in Atlanta](https://www.ajc.com/news/after-historically-deadly-2020-atlanta-homicides-are-up-nearly-60-in-2021/N63RJ5OKQZCZVOCNH2D6376S3E/), which Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis has promised to fight, but it has reverberated throughout the hip-hop community, where many have argued that this trial is but the latest instance of the criminal-justice system [unfairly tying rappers to violent crime through their art](https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/jay-z-urges-ny-courts-to-stop-using-rap-lyrics-as-evidence.html).

Technical difficulties at the Fulton County courthouse delayed Thursday's motions hearing for hours ahead of next month's trial involving the alleged.

Young Thug's attorney was speaking to the judge when a video of a naked man appeared on screens in the courtroom.

He pleaded guilty to racketeering and was released from jail on Tuesday (December 13). Young Thug went to court a day after his longtime collaborator Gunna accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO case. A video of a naked man with the message “Free Young Thug” was displayed on screens in the courtroom.

The 11Alive exclusive 'Jeffery' series unravels the high-profile grand jury indictment of Atlanta rapper Jeffery Williams, better known as Young Thug.

The hearing comes a day after rapper Gunna, real name Sergio Kitchens, pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge and was released from prison ahead of trial.

Murphy's probation included a condition that he "testify truthfully in any further trial as it may become necessary," according to the AJC. Like Murphy, he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to violate the racketeer influenced and corruption organization (RICO) act. He was allowed to leave prison on Wednesday because his more than six months in jail for pre-trial detainment was counted as time served for his one-year prison sentence. "You didn't have the right to keep that particular evidence." Specifically, Williams' team was able to convince Judge Ural Glanville that evidence that prosecutors obtained from Williams' home during the 2015 raid — including cellphones — should not be admissible for trial because it was seized without a search warrant. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with four years suspended.

Young Thug's attorneys called into question the validity of a search conducted by investigations on the Atlanta rapper's home in 2015.

[He would walk out of the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday evening](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ysl-gunna-released-from-jail-atlanta) sentenced to five years commuted to time served and the balance suspended. [Gunna](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/tag/people/gunna), whose legal name is Sergio Kitchens, entered an Alford plea, admitting the evidence against him would likely convict him, but he doesn’t necessarily admit he committed the crimes for which he was charged. [Young Thug](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/tag/people/young-thug), whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, smiled to the gallery as he made his way into the [Fulton County](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/tag/us/ga/fulton-county) courtroom. Murphy was sentenced to 10 years, with one year commuted to time served and nine years of probation, the newspaper reported. [Atlanta](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/tag/us/ga/atlanta) rapper accused of being the co-founder of the [Young Slime Life gang](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/young-thug-jeffery-lamar-williams-arrested-violation-rico-act) and charged along with more than two dozen alleged associates in the [RICO Act case](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/rapper-young-thugs-rico-act-charges-explained) made his first appearance in court in several months on Thursday. The 88-page indictment claims they are part of the Young Slime Life, or YSL, a subset of the Bloods street gang. 9, 2023.](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/rico-trial-set-for-ysl-rappers-young-thug-gunna-others) The cell phone became significant because prosecutors extracted other evidence from it. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported](https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/rapper-gunna-enters-negotiated-guilty-plea-in-gang-rico-case/DTL5YTHLKFCH3ILPDFT6IDCWGY/) that alleged YSL co-founder Walter Murphy entered a guilty plea. [Williams, and 27 other people](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/young-thug-jeffery-lamar-williams-arrested-violation-rico-act), were indicted along with fellow Atlanta [rapper Gunna ](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gunna-arrested-rico-charge-racketeering-atlanta)in May using Georgia’s RICO Act. [Young Stoner Life Records](https://www.youngstonerliferecords.com/). [ARRESTED ATLANTA RAPPER YOUNG THUG FACING NEW CHARGES OVER ALLEGED I-85 INCIDENT](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-rapper-young-thug-arrest-new-charges-i85-racing)

The rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, is one of more than two dozens people arrested in a sweeping gang indictment.

American rapper, Jeffery Lamar Williams, known professionally as Young Thug has scored a little legal win during his pre-trial hearing.

“He is the victim of constitutional rights that have been violated, and the state doesn’t get to go back and do it again,” Steel said. Police seized marijuana, computers, and cellphones during that raid. “I challenged the initial entry into Mr.

Before deputies could turn off all of the screens, the naked man flashed the message “Free Young Thug.” The Zoom bombing took place after the hearing was ...

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Young Thug's court proceedings On Thursday were briefly interrupted after someone on the Zoom call showcased a pornographic video of a nude man.

[FOX5](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ysl-rapper-young-thug-motions-hearing-suppress-evidence), Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville ruled that evidence seized during the raid on Thug’s home in 2015 could not be used against him as evidence in his upcoming trial. The clip was accompanied by a message that read, “Free Young Thug.” In the moments the video was on display, deputies in the courtroom quickly tried to turn off the screens. Per